Emerging media from the borderlands of Jewish identity

Starting with the lovely McAllister Street

An idea for my final project under the New Jewish Filmmaking Project has arose in my unfortunately-overstuffed brain. I would like to take a look at individual sections of North San Francisco that my family members are continuing to tell me stories about, and that are the areas that I adore. To begin with, I thought I’d start with the birthplace of my grandfather. Please check out the video below to hear more.

As Rudyard Kipling says, and I’m sure my grandfather (now living in Marin County) agrees, “San Francisco has only one drawback. ”Tis hard to leave.”

HALF-REMEMBERED STORIES

In July 2010, we will be rolling out a multi-media exhibition about lost people, lost places, and the quest to reclaim lost memory. In preparation for this exhibit, we've invited 16 young Jews, ages 15 to 25, to blog.